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Maxim Lapierre has apologized for injuring Dan Boyle, but the San Jose Sharks defenceman doesn’t want to hear it.

Boyle isn’t taking calls from the St. Louis Blues pest after his face was launched into the glass and lip of the boards thanks to a hit from behind Oct. 15 at the Scottrade Center.

“He left a message. I think it’s been documented that I didn’t take the call,” Boyle told CSN Bay Area. “I’ll leave it at that for now.”

Boyle lost consciousness after the hit and was stretchered off the ice. He remembers everything about that day – even waking up in an ambulance on his way to hospital – but doesn’t recall the knockout blow.

One of the first thinks he did was ask to see a replay.

“I wanted to see it right away … I certainly wanted to find out how it happened,” Boyle said. “I’ve been in this league for a long time, and a big reason is because I don’t put myself in those types of situations, where I’m susceptible to those kinds of hits. That’s why I wanted to see it. I still have a hard time believing that it actually happened.”

Boyle hasn’t played since the injury – he used the word “concussion” but later backtracked, saying doctors have not used that term – and wants to return before the end of the team’s road trip Wednesday.

Lapierre is serving a five-game suspension for the hit.

Even if Boyle won’t talk to him, Lapierre aired an apology to reporters the morning after the incident, per the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“I was just trying to finish my hit,” Lapierre said. “But like I said, it's no excuse. It's terrible. It's not fun to look at somebody on the ice and the only thing I want to focus on right now is that hopefully he gets better.”